ReviewClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2009
Tuberculosis and illicit drug use: review and update.
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 225 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship between mental health and risk of active tuberculosis: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of mental disorders on active TB treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2020Pooled it
- Dynamic Models of Infectious Disease Transmission in Prisons and the General Population.Epidemiologic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Risk factors for tuberculosis in foreign-born people (FBP) in Italy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
- Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tuberculosis and sexually-transmitted infections among HIV positive patients in Kazakhstan.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Linkage to TB and HIV care for persons who smoke illicit drugs: a prospective cohort study.IJTLD open · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of an Embedded Infectious Disease Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Intervention Within an Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Program.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Analysis of the impact of crises tuberculosis incidence in Ukraine amid pandemics and war.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Supporting multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB treatment adherence in people with harmful use of alcohol through person-centred care.International health · 2025Observational
- What Is the Optimal Community-Based Tuberculosis Screening Algorithm for People Who Inject Drugs in a High-Burden Setting?Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- The yield of tuberculosis contact investigation in São Paulo, Brazil: a community-based cross-sectional study.Epidemiology and infection · 2025Article
- Usability and acceptability of a novel TB infection diagnostic test among key populations in Mexicali.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The feasibility of respondent-driven sampling with people who use drugs in rural Western Cape, South Africa: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in Alameda County: Ten-year incidence and risk factors.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
- Associations between mental illness, TB risk and migrant status.IJTLD open · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of TB and HIV coinfections among adult inmates with presumptive pulmonary TB in a Kenyan prison.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Factors Associated With the Discontinuation of Two Short-Course Tuberculosis Preventive Therapies in Programmatic Settings in the United States.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance tuberculosis among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Egypt-2021: a national health facility-based survey.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Optimizing the cascade of prevention to protect people from tuberculosis: A potential game changer for reducing global tuberculosis incidence.PLOS global public health · 2024Review
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Abstract
Illicit drug users continue to be a group at high risk for tuberculosis (TB). Here, we present an updated review of the relationship between TB and illicit drug use, and we summarize more than a decade of new research. Drug users, and injection drug users in particular, have driven TB epidemics in a number of countries. The successful identification and treatment of TB among illicit drug users remain important components of a comprehensive TB strategy, but illicit drug users present a unique set of challenges for TB diagnosis and control. New diagnostic modalities, including interferon-gamma-release assays, offer potential for improved diagnosis and surveillance among this group, along with proven treatment strategies that incorporate the use of directly observed therapy with treatment for drug abuse. Special considerations, including coinfection with viral hepatitis and the rifampin-methadone drug interaction, warrant clinical attention and are also updated here.
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